Bombings kill 9 civilians in Afghanistan

A statement from the Helmand provincial governor's office issued Sunday says the deadliest blast ripped through one of two cars traveling the day before between the Musa Qala and Nawzad districts.

The governor's office said seven civilians were killed, including three women and two children, and eight other people were wounded.

It says two other civilians were killed Saturday in a bombing in the Kajaki district, providing no other details. Insurgents also attacked a checkpoint elsewhere in the district, killing an Afghan policeman.